Exodus 34:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Moses was there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And he was there with the Lorde.xl. dayes ad.xl. nyghtes, ad nether ate bred nor dronke water. And he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenaunt: euen ten verses.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he was there with the LORDE fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes, and ate no bred, and dranke no water. And he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenaut, euen ten verses.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So hee was there with the Lorde fourtie dayes and fourtie nights, and did neither eat bread nor drinke water: and hee wrote in the Tables the wordes of the couenant, euen the tenne commandements.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he was there with the Lorde fourtie dayes and fourtie nyghtes, and dyd neither eate bread, nor drinke water: and he wrote vpon the tables the wordes of the couenaunt, euen ten commaundementes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he is there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk; and he writeth on the tables the matters of the covenant -- the ten matters.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 34:1 : 1 The LORD said to Moses, "Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke."
  • Deut 4:13 : 13 He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to keep—the Ten Commandments—and He wrote them on two stone tablets.
  • Exod 24:18 : 18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
  • Exod 31:18 : 18 When the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
  • Exod 32:16 : 16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.
  • Deut 9:18 : 18 Then I fell down before the LORD as I had done before, for forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and provoking him to anger.
  • Deut 9:25 : 25 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, just as I had done before, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
  • Deut 10:2-4 : 2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them inside the ark. 3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and I cut two stone tablets like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain carrying the two tablets in my hands. 4 The LORD wrote on the tablets, just as He had done the first time, the Ten Commandments that He had proclaimed to you from the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. Then the LORD gave them to me.
  • 2 Cor 3:7 : 7 If the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not look intently at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was passing away,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 9:9-11
    3 verses
    89%

    9When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.

    10Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the words the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

    11At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

  • Exod 24:18
    82%

    18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

  • Deut 9:18
    81%

    18Then I fell down before the LORD as I had done before, for forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and provoking him to anger.

  • Exod 34:27
    79%

    27The LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

  • Deut 10:10
    77%

    10I stayed on the mountain, as I had done the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the LORD listened to me at that time as well and was not willing to destroy you.

  • Exod 34:29
    76%

    29When Moses descended from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, he was unaware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 19:8
    75%

    8So he got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Exod 24:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11But God did not raise his hand against the leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.

    12The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay there, so I can give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written to teach them."

  • Exod 31:18
    75%

    18When the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

  • Exod 32:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands—tablets that were inscribed on both sides, front and back.

    16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

  • Deut 10:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1At that time, the LORD said to me, 'Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself a wooden ark.'

    2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them inside the ark.

    3So I made an ark of acacia wood, and I cut two stone tablets like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain carrying the two tablets in my hands.

    4The LORD wrote on the tablets, just as He had done the first time, the Ten Commandments that He had proclaimed to you from the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. Then the LORD gave them to me.

    5I turned and came down from the mountain, and I placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me, and they are there to this day.

  • Deut 4:13
    74%

    13He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to keep—the Ten Commandments—and He wrote them on two stone tablets.

  • Exod 34:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1The LORD said to Moses, "Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke."

    2Be ready in the morning, and come up to Mount Sinai in the morning and stand before Me there on the top of the mountain.

    3No one may come up with you, and no one should be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and herds must not graze near the mountain.

    4So Moses cut two stone tablets like the first ones. He rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, carrying the two stone tablets in his hands.

    5Then the LORD came down in a cloud, stood there with him, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

  • Deut 9:25
    73%

    25So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, just as I had done before, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

  • Deut 5:22
    72%

    22These are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the profound darkness, with a loud voice. He added no more, and He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

  • Deut 8:4
    71%

    4Your clothing did not wear out, nor did your feet swell during these forty years.

  • Deut 9:15
    71%

    15So I turned and went down the mountain while it was ablaze with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.

  • 1 Kgs 8:9
    70%

    9There was nothing in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 24:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

    16The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

  • Matt 4:2
    70%

    2After fasting for forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

  • Josh 8:32
    70%

    32There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses.

  • Luke 4:2
    70%

    2where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry.

  • Lev 27:34
    70%

    34These are the commandments the LORD gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

  • Exod 34:34
    70%

    34But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. When he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,

  • Exod 24:4
    69%

    4Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain and set up twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Exod 32:19
    69%

    19As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.

  • Exod 34:32
    69%

    32Afterward, all the Israelites came near, and he gave them all the commands that the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.